Dustin Poirier has shut down the opportunity of a fourth struggle in opposition to Conor McGregor.
Poirier and McGregor first fought again in 2014 whereas they had been featherweights and the Irishman received by knockout. That they had their rematch at light-weight in 2021, with Poirier successful by KO, and of their trilogy, McGregor broke his leg main to a different victory for ‘The Diamond’.
Nevertheless, within the lead-up to the fights, Conor McGregor was filled with trash-talk and he even introduced Dustin Poirier’s spouse into it. It acquired private and heated which is why ‘The Diamond’ doesn’t need to struggle the Irishman for a fourth time.
“I feel that ship has sailed,” Poirier advised ESPN. “All I would like is the UFC light-weight championship… I don’t really feel the necessity to struggle him once more in any respect. I don’t want that [bad] power in my life.”
Though Dustin Poirier doesn’t see a have to struggle Conor McGregor for a fourth time, if he turns into the light-weight champ and the fourth struggle is for the belt, he can be in for a large payday with the pay-per-view factors. Nevertheless, Poirier doesn’t appear to care about that, and it seems the rivalry will finish with three fights and Poirier successful two of them.
McGregor, in the meantime, has mentioned the fourth struggle is a should as he thinks there’s unfinished enterprise with Poirier. After all, the third struggle didn’t have a real ending as a result of Irishman breaking his leg on the finish of the primary spherical.
However, for now, as Poirier says, he stays centered on the light-weight title which he has a 3rd crack at successful on June 1 in the primary occasion of UFC 302 in opposition to Islam Makhachev. Poirier enters the bout as a sizeable underdog, however he has confidence he’ll KO Makhachev to develop into the undisputed light-weight champ.
Ought to Poirier develop into the champ, a rematch with Makhachev would possible occur. However, one struggle that received’t is the fourth bout in opposition to McGregor.